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Signs of grief in a child

Children and young people may react in a number of ways after the death of someone close.

Training

Our specialist training range have been designed to help you fulfil your role with care. Each course has been engineered by experts and will provide you with the tools you need to approach the subject of death and dying with confidence.

Bereaved Children, Young People and their Families Training

This training provides a greater awareness of the impact of bereavement and grief on children, young adults and their families. It looks at the understanding of death at different stages of development and how children and young people respond to grief. The training gives you the tools and confidence to support children and young adults who are dealing with bereavement.

Helping students cope with death

The loss of someone close through death is a traumatic, including for children and young people. Here’s our guide for school staff to help students cope with death.

Referring children and teenagers

Find out how to refer children and young people to our services.

Complicated grief in children

Complicated grief isn't just felt by adults - children and young people experience it too.

Support for military children who are grieving

It's common that military people who die have young families and children. Here's how we can understand and support them.

Signposting

Find links to useful organisations working with a range of different grief experiences and specialised issues.

July 4, 2022 · Research

New research shows how bereaved children suffer at school

A new research review highlights the devastating effect losing a parent can have on children's education.

Our work with children

Cruse supports thousands of children and young people each year, through our branches and special projects

Grief booklets for helping children and young people

Free leaflets either aimed at parents and carers or at young people themselves.

January 27, 2021 · Blog

Our bereavement volunteers’ lockdown diaries

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we started a research project to capture people’s experience of bereavement support. Here's what we learnt.